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snuff bottle

human history
  • Description

    snuff bottle

    wedge-shaped, carved rose brown carnelian bottle, with raised mask rings on shoulders; face of bottle has relief design of a shepherd riding a buffalo, with a bird flying above; reverse of bottle has relief design of an old man seated next to a plant; tiered dome glass stopper with pointed top, spoon and cork attached to underside.

  • Place
    China
  • Accession Number
    1934.317
  • Other Id

    36426 (ethnology)

    36426.4 (ethnology)

    M204A (miscellaneous)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

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Images

  • snuff bottle, 1934.317, 36426, 36426.4, M204A, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Sep 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • snuff bottle, 1934.317, 36426, 36426.4, M204A, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Sep 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • snuff bottle, 1934.317, 36426, 36426.4, M204A, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Sep 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • snuff bottle, 1934.317, 36426, 36426.4, M204A, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Sep 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • snuff bottle, 1934.317, 36426, 36426.4, M204A, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Sep 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • snuff bottle, 1934.317, 36426, 36426.4, M204A, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital, 03 Sep 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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